Economic Empowerment Program Intern

Title: Economic Empowerment Program Intern

Ministry: Global Aid Network (GAiN) Canada

Location: Abbotsford, BC / Remote (Hybrid)

Position type: Intern, Full-Time

Reports to: Economic Empowerment Program Manager

Funding: Ministry Partner Development

Organization Overview

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Ministry Overview

Global Aid Network Canada (GAiN) is a worldwide humanitarian relief and development organization dedicated to relieving suffering, restoring dignity, and revealing hope to people living in some of the toughest places on earth.

Restoring Lives:  GAiN’s passion is to ease the challenging living situations that people experience in everyday life in developing countries by providing them with the tools and resources they require.

Revealing Hope: GAiN aspires to not only bring tangible humanitarian aid to people living in difficult situations, but to also see them come to faith in Jesus Christ and share it with others. Employing a discipleship and church planting strategy in tandem following the gift of clean water, critical aid and sustainable development, GAiN seeks to embrace people with the love of God, to let them know they are of value and significance, and to restore their dignity.

Position Overview:

Economic Empowerment (EE) is one of three core strategies of GAiN. This newly created
strategy aims to alleviate poverty, unemployment, and lack of economic opportunities by
improving and securing their living income. We do this by raising overlooked talent,
invigorate the local entrepreneurial ecosystem and align available finances to
early-stage, small-scale startups so that they have dignified work, a stable living income
and a redemptive impact on society. This includes a stable and growing microfinance
program, a small business venture accelerator, vocational education and training. The
current programs are located in Paraguay and India, with plans to expand to other
countries in the near future.

GAiN is looking for a Program Intern to work in the Economic Empowerment core
strategy. Reporting to the Economic Empowerment Program Manager they will be part
of a small, but high performing team to research, develop and test out pilot projects and
continuously grow the Economic Empowerment program in partnership with our local
partners. The Intern will also work cross functionally to ensure tasks are completed.

About the Role

In this role, you will be responsible to achieve the following objectives:

Program activities are implemented with effectiveness and efficiency (70%)
– Project activities are completed on time and within budget
– Monthly and quarterly reports from field partners are collected and analyzed
– Novel economic empowerment projects for growth are developed in collaboration with
the Economic Empowerment Program Manager
– Track project expenses, actual vs planned in collaboration with the Economic
Empowerment Program Manager

Productive relationships are forged with field partners (10%)
– Meet with field partners regularly to discuss progress on field projects
– Site visits for reporting and capacity building are conducted if necessary

Program learnings are captured, and results are evaluated and shared. (20%)
– Results for the program are analyzed and reported on to the Economic Empowerment
Program Manager
– The Donor Advancement team is supported with reports, photos and videos to produce
fundraising and communication tools like stories, proposals and blogs

Other duties as needed:
– Assisting in various Global Aid Network tasks and events
– Pursuing personal and professional growth in alignment with the annual Staff
Objectives

About You

-You have a deep, growing, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ
– You have a genuine desire to see people’s lives transformed by Jesus
– You have a strong interest in empowering the lives of women in developing countries
– You have a strong interest in and understand redemptive entrepreneurship
– You are a self starter
– You have strong interpersonal skills
– You are organized and able to push projects forward collaboratively
– You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
– You are intellectually curious, exhibited strong skills in problem-solving, comfortable in
asking questions, investigating, research
– You are competent to work with people of different cultures and backgrounds
– You are proficient in Google Suite or equivalent
– Having Spanish proficiency is highly desirable

Education and Experience 

-Studying International Development or Economics.
-You are personally organized, motivated and are a good steward of time
-Previous experience in International development is an asset but not required.

Funding

This position requires Ministry Partner Development. The successful candidate will have the privilege to build a partnership team which provides financial and prayer support for the ministry. The financial support will cover the costs of the candidate’s salary and ministry expenses. Power to Change believes that Ministry Partner Development is biblical and God will provide everything necessary to fulfill the calling into ministry: finances, emotional strength and perseverance. Building a ministry partnership team is an integral part of being in ministry. There are many opportunities to bless and encourage the partnership team. Power to Change is committed to providing training and coaching that ensures success in Ministry Partner Development.